Wisconsin All-Bird Conservation Plan

Species List (Priority Species)

ORDER: Anseriformes

FAMILY: Anatidae - Ducks/Geese/Swans: Greater White-fronted Goose; Snow Goose; Ross's Goose; Brant; Cackling Goose; Canada Goose; Mute Swan; Trumpeter Swan; Tundra Swan; Wood Duck; Gadwall; Eurasian Wigeon; American Wigeon; American Black Duck; Mallard; Blue-winged Teal; Cinnamon Teal; Northern Shoveler; Northern Pintail; Green-winged Teal; Canvasback; Redhead; Ring-necked Duck; Greater Scaup; Lesser Scaup; King Eider; Harlequin Duck; Surf Scoter; White-winged Scoter; Black Scoter; Long-tailed Duck; Bufflehead; Common Goldeneye; Barrow's Goldeneye; Hooded Merganser; Common Merganser; Red-breasted Merganser; Ruddy Duck

ORDER: Galliformes

FAMILY: Phasianidae - Partridges/Grouse/Turkeys/Quail: Gray Partridge; Ring-necked Pheasant; Ruffed Grouse; Spruce Grouse; Sharp-tailed Grouse; Greater Prairie-Chicken; Wild Turkey

FAMILY: Odontophoridae - New World Quail: Northern Bobwhite

ORDER: Gaviiformes

FAMILY: Gaviidae - Loons: Red-throated Loon; Pacific Loon; Common Loon

ORDER: Podicipediformes

FAMILY: Podicipedidae - Grebes: Pied-billed Grebe; Horned Grebe; Red-necked Grebe; Eared Grebe; Western Grebe

ORDER: Pelecaniformes

FAMILY: Pelecanidae - Pelicans: American White Pelican

FAMILY: Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorants: Double-crested Cormorant

ORDER: Ciconiiformes

FAMILY: Ardeidae - Herons/Bitterns/Allies: American Bittern; Least Bittern; Great Blue Heron; Great Egret; Snowy Egret; Little Blue Heron; Tricolored Heron; Cattle Egret; Green Heron; Black-crowned Night-Heron; Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

FAMILY: Cathartidae - New World Vultures: Turkey Vulture

ORDER: Falconiformes

FAMILY: Accipitridae - Hawks/Kites/Eagles/Allies: Osprey; Mississippi Kite; Bald Eagle; Northern Harrier; Sharp-shinned Hawk; Cooper's Hawk; Northern Goshawk; Red-shouldered Hawk; Broad-winged Hawk; Swainson's Hawk; Red-tailed Hawk; Rough-legged Hawk; Golden Eagle

FAMILY: Falconidae - Caracaras/Falcons: American Kestrel; Merlin; Gyrfalcon; Peregrine Falcon

ORDER: Gruiformes

FAMILY: Rallidae - Rails/Gallinules/Coots: Yellow Rail; King Rail; Virginia Rail; Sora; Common Moorhen; American Coot

FAMILY: Gruidae - Cranes: Sandhill Crane; Whooping Crane

ORDER: Charadriiformes

FAMILY: Charadriidae - Lapwings/Plovers: Black-bellied Plover; American Golden-Plover; Semipalmated Plover; Piping Plover; Killdeer

FAMILY: Recurvirostridae - Stilts/Avocets: Black-necked Stilt; American Avocet

FAMILY: Scolopacidae - Sandpipers/Phalaropes/Allies: Spotted Sandpiper; Solitary Sandpiper; Greater Yellowlegs; Willet; Lesser Yellowlegs; Upland Sandpiper; Whimbrel; Hudsonian Godwit; Marbled Godwit; Ruddy Turnstone; Red Knot; Sanderling; Semipalmated Sandpiper; Western Sandpiper; Least Sandpiper; White-rumped Sandpiper; Baird's Sandpiper; Pectoral Sandpiper; Purple Sandpiper; Dunlin; Stilt Sandpiper; Buff-breasted Sandpiper; Ruff; Short-billed Dowitcher; Long-billed Dowitcher; Wilson's Snipe; American Woodcock; Wilson's Phalarope; Red-necked Phalarope; Red Phalarope

FAMILY: Laridae - Skuas/Gulls/Terns/Skimmers: Laughing Gull; Franklin's Gull; Little Gull; Black-headed Gull; Bonaparte's Gull; Mew Gull; Ring-billed Gull; California Gull; Herring Gull; Thayer's Gull; Iceland Gull; Lesser Black-backed Gull; Glaucous Gull; Great Black-backed Gull; Sabine's Gull; Black-legged Kittiwake; Ivory Gull; Least Tern; Caspian Tern; Common Tern; Forster's Tern; Black Tern; Arctic Tern

ORDER: Columbiformes

FAMILY: Stercorariidae - Jaegers: Pomarine Jaeger; Parasitic Jaeger

FAMILY: Columbidae - Pigeons/Doves: Rock Pigeon; Eurasian Collared-Dove; Mourning Dove

ORDER: Cuculiformes

FAMILY: Cuculidae - Cuckoos/Roadrunners/Anis: Black-billed Cuckoo; Yellow-billed Cuckoo

ORDER: Strigiformes

FAMILY: Tytonidae - Barn Owls: Barn Owl

FAMILY: Strigidae - Typical Owls: Eastern Screech-Owl; Great Horned Owl; Snowy Owl; Northern Hawk Owl; Burrowing Owl; Barred Owl; Great Gray Owl; Long-eared Owl; Short-eared Owl; Boral Owl; Northern Saw-whet Owl

ORDER: Caprimulgiformes

FAMILY: Caprimulgidae - Goatsuckers: Common Nighthawk; Chuck-will's-widow; Whip-poor-will

ORDER: Apodiformes

FAMILY: Apodidae - Swifts: Chimney Swift

FAMILY: Trochilidae - Hummingbirds: Ruby-throated Hummingbird; Rufous Hummingbird

ORDER: Coraciiformes

FAMILY: Alcedinidae - Kingfishers: Belted Kingfisher

ORDER: Piciformes

FAMILY: Picidae - Woodpeckers/Allies: Red-headed Woodpecker; Red-bellied Woodpecker; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; Downy Woodpecker; Hairy Woodpecker; American Three-toed Woodpecker; Black-backed Woodpecker; Northern Flicker; Pileated Woodpecker

ORDER: Passeriformes

FAMILY: Tyrannidae - Tyrant Flycatchers: Olive-sided Flycatcher; Eastern Wood-Pewee; Yellow-bellied Flycatcher; Acadian Flycatcher; Alder Flycatcher; Willow Flycatcher; Least Flycatcher; Eastern Phoebe; Great Crested Flycatcher; Western Kingbird; Eastern Kingbird; Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

FAMILY: Laniidae - Shrikes: Loggerhead Shrike; Northern Shrike

FAMILY: Vireonidae - Vireos: White-eyed Vireo; Bell's Vireo; Yellow-throated Vireo; Blue-headed Vireo; Warbling Vireo; Philadelphia Vireo; Red-eyed Vireo

FAMILY: Corvidae - Jays/Crows: Gray Jay; Blue Jay; American Crow; Common Raven

FAMILY: Alaudidae - Larks: Horned Lark

FAMILY: Hirundinidae - Swallows: Purple Martin; Tree Swallow; Northern Rough-winged Swallow; Bank Swallow; Cliff Swallow; Barn Swallow

FAMILY: Paridae - Chickadees/Titmice: Black-capped Chickadee; Boreal Chickadee; Tufted Titmouse

FAMILY: Sittidae - Nuthatches: Red-breasted Nuthatch; White-breasted Nuthatch

FAMILY: Certhiidae - Creepers: Brown Creeper

FAMILY: Troglodytidae - Wrens: Carolina Wren; House Wren; Winter Wren; Sedge Wren; Marsh Wren

FAMILY: Regulidae - Kinglets: Golden-crowned Kinglet; Ruby-crowned Kinglet

FAMILY: Sylviidae - Old World Warblers/Gnatcatchers: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

FAMILY: Turdidae - Thrushes: Eastern Bluebird; Mountain Bluebird; Townsend's Solitaire; Veery; Gray-cheeked Thrush; Swainson's Thrush; Hermit Thrush; Wood Thrush; American Robin; Varied Thrush

FAMILY: Mimidae - Mockingbirds/Thrashers: Gray Catbird; Northern Mockingbird; Brown Thrasher

FAMILY: Sturnidae - Starlings: European Starling

FAMILY: Motacillidae - Wagtails/Pipits: American Pipit

FAMILY: Bombycillidae - Waxwings: Bohemian Waxwing; Cedar Waxwing

FAMILY: Parulidae - Wood-Warblers: Blue-winged Warbler; Golden-winged Warbler; Tennessee Warbler; Orange-crowned Warbler; Nashville Warbler; Northern Parula; Yellow Warbler; Chestnut-sided Warbler; Magnolia Warbler; Cape May Warbler; Black-throated Blue Warbler; Yellow-rumped Warbler; Black-throated Green Warbler; Blackburnian Warbler; Yellow-throated Warbler; Pine Warbler; Kirtland's Warbler; Prairie Warbler; Palm Warbler; Bay-breasted Warbler; Cerulean Warbler; Black-and-white Warbler; American Redstart; Prothonotary Warbler; Worm-eating Warbler; Ovenbird; Northern Waterthrush; Louisiana Waterthrush; Kentucky Warbler; Connecticut Warbler; Mourning Warbler; Common Yellowthroat; Hooded Warbler; Wilson's Warbler; Canada Warbler; Yellow-breasted Chat

FAMILY: Thraupidae - Tanagers: Summer Tanager; Scarlet Tanager; Western Tanager

FAMILY: Emberizidae - Emberizids: Green-tailed Towhee; Spotted Towhee; Eastern Towhee; American Tree Sparrow; Chipping Sparrow; Clay-colored Sparrow; Field Sparrow; Vesper Sparrow; Lark Sparrow; Lark Bunting; Savannah Sparrow; Grasshopper Sparrow; Henslow's Sparrow; Le Conte's Sparrow; Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow; Fox Sparrow; Song Sparrow; Lincoln's Sparrow; Swamp Sparrow; White-throated Sparrow; Harris's Sparrow; White-crowned Sparrow; Dark-eyed Junco; Lapland Longspur; Snow Bunting

FAMILY: Cardinalidae - Cardinals/Saltators/Allies: Northern Cardinal; Rose-breasted Grosbeak; Blue Grosbeak; Indigo Bunting; Dickcissel

FAMILY: Icteridae - Blackbirds: Bobolink; Red-winged Blackbird; Eastern Meadowlark; Western Meadowlark; Yellow-headed Blackbird; Rusty Blackbird; Brewer's Blackbird; Common Grackle; Brown-headed Cowbird; Orchard Oriole; Baltimore Oriole

FAMILY: Fringillidae - Fringilline/Cardueline Finches: Pine Grosbeak; Common Redpoll; Hoary Redpoll; Purple Finch; House Finch; Red Crossbill; White-winged Crossbill; Pine Siskin; American Goldfinch; Evening Grosbeak

FAMILY: Passeridae - Old World Sparrows: House Sparrow; Eurasian Tree Sparrow